Container for textile tapes, ribbons and the like



Aug. 24, 1965 w s ETAL 3,202,269

CONTAINER FOR TEXTILE TAPES, RIBBONS AND THE LIKE Filed March 7, 1963United States Patent 3,202,269 CONTAINER FOR TEXTILE TAPES, RIBBONS ANDTHE LIKE Herbert Lewis and Munich Levy, Peurith, New South Wales,Australia, assignors to Cuckson Textiles Proprietary Limited, New SouthWales, Australia, a company of Australia Filed Mar. 7,-1963, Ser. No.263,570 6 Claims. (CL 206- 52) This invention relates to a container fortextile tapes, ribbons and like commodities.

In the marketing of these commodities it has been the generally adoptedpractice to wind a predetermined length into a roll and to pin the outerend. In this relatively exposed state the rolls are oifered for sale.More particularly in the case of India tape considerable soiling of theouter end portion and the edges of the tape frequently occurs.Furthermore, in the dispensing of desired lengths from the roll care isneeded in its handling.

The chief object of the invention is to provide an improvement in theform of presentation for sale of rolled textile tapes and ribbons.

According to an embodiment of the invention there is provided acontainer for a textile tape, ribbon or like commodity comprising a flatbase, and a covering member of transparent sheet material. The coveringmember has a fiat marginal end portion, a pre-formed recess provided ina central portion of the covering member to form a cavity between thecovering member and the base for containing the textile tape. Saidcovering member is provided with a slot extending partially in a wall ofthe recess and partially in the flat marginal portion for the protrusionof an end of the tape.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective View of a container according to theinvention showing a covering member, a roll of tape, and a flat basemember; and,

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of an assembled elongated deviceincorporating a multiplicity of containers such as that shown in FIG. 1.

In the preferred embodiment of the invention the container consists of aflat cardboard base 3 coated on one 'face with a heat sensitive adhesive4. A transparent sheet 5 of cellulose acetate or other suitablesynthetic material is pre-formed, by the conventional vacuum formingprocess or other means, with a central recess 6 on one face surroundedby a fiat marginal portion 12. The central recess 6 may be approximatelycylindrical but preferably has a frusto conical wall 7 connecting to acircular apex. An axial slot 8 is cut in the wall 7 and may be extendedat 9 through the adjacent marginal edge 12 of the sheet.

The container is assembled by placing the roll of tape or ribbon itwithin the recess 6, which will be of such depth that one side 11 of thetape roll will be level with the marginal edges 12 of the sheet 5. Theouter end 13 of the tape is passed through the slots 8 and 9 so that itis externally accessible and the sheet 5 is secured as a cover to thebase 3 by the application of heat with pressure to the marginal edges 12of the covering sheet 5.

In this condition the contents of the container are clearly visiblethrough the covering sheet 5 for display purposes. Furthermore, thecontainer may be employed as a dispenser of its contents by merelydrawing the tape end 13 out through the wall slot 8. The possibility ofsoiling and undesired unwinding of the roll 10 is, therefore, avoided.

The foregoing description refers in the main to one embodiment but itshould be understood that modifications thereto are feasible within thescope of the invention. For instance, the base may be elongated as inFIG. 2 and ice contain a multiplicity of rolls. In such an event asingle strip of transparent sheet covering 5A may be employed and bepreformed to have a required number of recesses 6A for the rolls of tapeto be accommodated. The strip of containers may then be supported from apeg 14 for display and when required the lowermost container 15 may becut from the strip for sale.

It should be appreciated that by forming the slot 8 with a portion 9thereof in the flat portion as described and illustrated in the drawing,threading of the rolls 10 into their respective recesses 6 is greatlyfacilitated. It is only necessary that a roll 10 be placed into itsrespective recess 6 with its free end 13 in registry with the slotextension 9 and then advanced axially into the recess where it will beautomatically threaded through the slot portion 8.

What we claim is: v

1. A container comprising a fiat base and a covering member oftransparent sheet material having a flat marginal portion secured tosaid base, a pre-formed recess being provided in a central portion ofthe covering member to define a cavity between the covering member andthe base, a roll of material in said cavity, said covering memberincluding a Wall bounding said recess, a slot being provided in the wallbounding the recess and a slot being provided in said covering member insaid flat portion and constituting an extension of the slot in the Wall,said roll of material having a free end protruding through the slot inthe wall.

2. A container as claimed in claim 1, comprising a heat sensitiveadhesive securing the covering member to the base.

3. A container as claimed in claim 2, wherein the recess is generallycylindrical.

4. A container as claimed in claim 2, wherein the recess has a circularapex and the wall is frusto conical.

5. A container comprising a base of cardboard having opposite surfaces,a coating of heat sensitive adhesive on one of the surfaces of the base,a sheet of transparent synthetic material adapted to cover said onesurface of the base, said sheet of material having a generallycylindrical central recess and including walls bounding said recess anda flat marginal portion extending from the walls whereby pressure andelevated temperature applied to said flat portion effects attachment ofthe covering sheet to the base and defines a cavity between the recessof the covering sheet and the base, a roll of material in said cavity,said sheet of material being provided with a slot extending partially inthe wall bounding the recess and partially in the flat marginal portion,said roll of material having a free end extending through the slot.

6. A device comprising a multiplicity of containers comprising a basestrip of sheet material, a corresponding strip of transparent sheetmaterial, said sheet of transparent material being provided with a lineof pre-formed recesses each constituting a cavity, a roll of material ineach cavity, said sheet of material including walls bounding therecesses and a flat portion to which all the walls are joined, saidsheet of material being provided with a slot for each recess extendingpartially in the wall of the particular recess and partially in the flatportion, said sheet material being secured to the base strip at the flatportion of the sheet material, and means adjacent one of the ends ofsaid base strip to permit externally supporting the base strip and sheetof material secured therewith along With the rolls of material containedWithin the cavities, whereby individual containers may be severed fromthe other end of the device when required, eachroll of material having afree end protruding through the slot of the associated recess.

(References on following page) Camp 20651 Goldsmith 206-52 Gelow 206--52Abcrcrombie 20680 Neary 206-80 Ferguson 20678 Schumann 206-78 Dreyfus eta1. 5330 Watts 20678 Crane 53-30 Middleton et a1. 206-78 THERON E.CONDON, Primary Examiner.

EARLE J. DRUMMOND, Examiner.

1. A CONTAINER COMPRISING A FLAT BASE AND A CONVERING MEMBER OFTRANSPARENT SHEET MATERIAL HAVING A FLAT MARGINAL PORTION SECURED TOSAID BASE, A PRE-FORMED RECESS BEING PROVIDED IN A CENTRAL PORTION OFTHE COVERING MEMBER TO DEFINE A CAVITY BETWEEN THE COVERING MEMBER ANDTHE BASE, A ROLL OF MATERIAL IN SAID CAVITY, SAID COVERING MEMBERINCLUDING A WALL BOUNDING SAID RECESS, A SLOT BEING PROVIDED IN THE WALLBOUNDING THE RECESS AND A SLOT BEING PROVIDED IN SAID COVERING MEMBER INSAID FLAT PORTION AND CONSTITUTING AN EXTENSION OF THE SLOT IN THE WALL,SAID ROLL OF MATERIAL HAVING A FREE END PROTRUDING THROUGH THE SLOT INTHE WALL.